Atlantic Blue

Performances

Cindy Church

Lyrics

What colour is a heartache from a love lost at sea?
What shade of memory never fades but lingers to eternity?
And how dark is the light of day that sleepless eyes of mine survey?
Is that you, Atlantic Blue? My heart is as cold as you.

How is one heart chosen to never lie at peace?
How many moments remain? Is there not one sweet release?
And who’s the stranger at my door, to haunt my dreams forever more?
Is that you, Atlantic Blue? My heart is as cold as you.

I lie awake in the morning, as waves wash on the sand,
I hold my hurt at bay, I hold the lives of his children in my hands.
And whose plea will receive no answer? Whose cry is lost upon the wind?
Who’s the voice so familiar, whispers my name as night comes in?
And whose wish never fails to find my vacant heart on Valentine’s?
Is that you Atlantic Blue? My heart is as cold,
My heart is as cold, my heart is as cold as you.

6 Responses to “Atlantic Blue”

I caught this song at the end of a TV episode of the “Republic Of Doyle”. A Friend found it for me and led me here. Thank you for your website and posting information about this song: Atlantic Blue. God Bless.

I had the same experience, thank you to Republic of Doyle on Youtube. I found the song myself on Youtube, but I also wanted to copy the lyrics for my friend and translate into French.
People always tell me I am a whizz on Google… I don’t think so, but there you go.
How very very moving and wonderful the sentiments, the voice and of course the fact that the song refers to a real life tragedy of tremendous proportions for Newfoundland, the home province of this wonderful artiste. Thank you so much, Heather Sparling.

This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes. Ron Hynes was an amazing talent. You can feel the heartbreak and understand the ruthlessness of the Atlantic Ocean….. as a Newfoundlander, this song goes right to the heart and quietly breaks it.

by Ron Hynes

Hynes was born in 1950 and grew up in the fishing community of Ferryland, Newfoundland. In 1970, he joined the Mummers Troupe, an entertainment group that toured across Canada. He also became a founding member of the musical comedy act, the Wonderful Grand Band. “Sonny’s Dream” was a huge success in 1976, and Hynes travelled to Nashville to pursue song-writing and recording.

Although many people asked Hynes to write something about the Ocean Ranger tragedy in the days after it happened, he found the subject too difficult to address at the time. It was only six years later that he started writing a song after he spent a day looking out over the narrows in St. John’s Harbour. It took another year before he felt that he had “Atlantic Blue” right. He released it on the album, Cryer’s Paradise (1993) and he considers it his most important work.